#CA8A38#CA8A38

#CA8A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A38
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 17.02, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 54.59, 71.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0436 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.124 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1619, 31.0220, 7.9293)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A38 #3878CA

analogous

#CA4138 #CA8A38 #C1CA38

triadic

#CA8A38 #38CA8A #8A38CA

tetradic

#CA8A38 #38CA41 #3878CA #CA38C1

square

#CA8A38 #38CA41 #3878CA #CA38C1

split-complementary

#CA8A38 #38C1CA #4138CA

monochromatic

#6B491D #9B6929 #CA8A38 #D7A668 #E4C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CA8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CA8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A38

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A38	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac73',
    500: '#ca8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a38;
$custom-light: #dfac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.699,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68321,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A38

secondary

#8EABCF

accent

#8AE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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